Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-10-02 Thread edodd
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:33 PM, John Smith > wrote: >> >> It shouldn't be too hard to hack up a quick db that can do a layer >> over the top, I think people were suggesting to put this info directly >> into OSM but that may over kill a simpler DB can do the same thing in >> the same way as the

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-10-02 Thread Roy Wallace
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:33 PM, John Smith wrote: > > It shouldn't be too hard to hack up a quick db that can do a layer > over the top, I think people were suggesting to put this info directly > into OSM but that may over kill a simpler DB can do the same thing in > the same way as the crime db

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-14 Thread John Smith
2009/9/14 Neil Penman > I got whacked on the back of the head while mapping at the weekend.  I was > just writing down the name of a park in Glenroy when it hit me.  At first I > thought it was one of the locals so it was a bit of a relief to see the > magpie fly off. Unfortunately i wasn't on

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-14 Thread Neil Penman
I got whacked on the back of the head while mapping at the weekend.  I was just writing down the name of a park in Glenroy when it hit me.  At first I thought it was one of the locals so it was a bit of a relief to see the magpie fly off. Unfortunately i wasn't on my bike so no helmet, lots of

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-11 Thread Hugh Barnes
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:36:10 +1000 Roy Wallace wrote: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Hugh Barnes > wrote: > > > > I'd like that, too. It's also been discussed regarding temporary > > features like events and road closures and seasonal features. > > T-shirt. > > I'm guessing you've seen the

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-11 Thread Roy Wallace
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Hugh Barnes wrote: > > I'd like that, too. It's also been discussed regarding temporary > features like events and road closures and seasonal features. T-shirt. I'm guessing you've seen the following proposal (early stages)? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Pro

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-11 Thread John Smith
2009/9/11 Hugh Barnes : > Let's see who the dedicated mappers are. :D Are we really out of things to map? :) ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-11 Thread John Smith
2009/9/11 Andrew Laughton : > Maybe because they are not nesting at the moment. No, they're nesting and even when the young chicks are just out of the nest they don't either. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-11 Thread Hugh Barnes
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:44:55 +1000 Ashley Kyd wrote: > As far as I know, it's a problem in different locations from year to > year though. That would mean it needs cleaning up each year after the > magpie season's over. > Assuming they nest reasonably consistently in the same place year after y

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-11 Thread Andrew Laughton
Maybe because they are not nesting at the moment. 2009/9/11 John Smith > 2009/9/11 Liz : > > > magpies are very intelligent creatures > > they can tell the time (they know when the postie is coming) > > and they can tell a young male human from less aggressive female humans > > > > so the local

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-11 Thread John Smith
2009/9/11 Liz : > magpies are very intelligent creatures > they can tell the time  (they know when the postie is coming) > and they can tell a young male human from less aggressive female humans > > so the local magpies ignore some people and fearlessly attack others The magpies close to here don

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-11 Thread Liz
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009, Roy Wallace wrote: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Ashley Kyd wrote: > > (Also, I'm not going to stick around and work out where the attack > > perimeter is. You can do that. They're nasty creatures. ;) > > Don't forget it should be verifiable, too :) > > _

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-10 Thread Roy Wallace
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Ashley Kyd wrote: > > (Also, I'm not going to stick around and work out where the attack > perimeter is. You can do that. They're nasty creatures. ;) Don't forget it should be verifiable, too :) ___ Talk-au mailing lis

Re: [talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-10 Thread Ashley Kyd
(Urk, I've been replying off-list by mistake again. Excuse me if you were the lucky recipient of one of my replies) RE Magpies: I was thinking this too. As far as I know, it's a problem in different locations from year to year though. That would mean it needs cleaning up each year after the magpi

[talk-au] Magpie nesting and swooping areas

2009-09-10 Thread Hugh Barnes
Just read in my local rag about a magpie hotspot map: http://city-south-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/magpie-hotspots/ This occurred to me just recently after being on the receiving end of an air raid. Should probably be areas rather than nodes. It would be a useful feature on the cycle map a